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for God's sake

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for God's sake

I am surprised or annoyed by this. For God's sake, Eleanor, what happened to your hair? It's time we started worrying about educating our children, for God's sake. At three-thirty in the morning, for God's sake, my dog decided to have her puppies.

Usage notes: used for emphasis

Related vocabulary: for crying out loud, for goodness' sake, for Pete's sake

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of for God's sake (= in the name of or for God)

See also: sake

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? References in classic literature
Run for God's sake, and fetch something to pry open the door --the axe Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context "I have never yet asked you for anything and I never will again, nor have I ever reminded you of my father's friendship for you; but now I entreat you for God's sake to do this for my son- and I shall always regard you as a benefactor," she added hurriedly. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context 'Had you renounced vanity for God's sake you would have borne it. Father Sergius by Tolstoy, Leo View in context More results

References in classic literature

Run for God's sake, and fetch something to pry open the door --the axe

Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context

"I have never yet asked you for anything and I never will again, nor have I ever reminded you of my father's friendship for you; but now I entreat you for God's sake to do this for my son- and I shall always regard you as a benefactor," she added hurriedly.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

'Had you renounced vanity for God's sake you would have borne it.

Father Sergius by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

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